The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-26
JOLLY CAR ACCOUNTANTS
THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIA-
TON ON IT'S TRAVELS.

| ture and Thund erbolt-What the AS
ISOLATION is and the Men Who Com
pose It--What Car Accountants Do.
The international Association of Car
Accountants, which met last week in At
lanta, arrived in Savannah at 1870 o'clock
yesterday morning by special train from
| Florida and spent the day in the city.
There are forty gentlemen and twenty-five
ladies in the party. The association left
Atlanta Thursday night, and after trip
! through Florida is now on its way back to
Atlanta where the excursion will end and
the cxcursionists will separate for their
homes The special train which brought
the party from jacksonville was rendered
as a compliment by the Savannah, Florida
and Western railway and was in charge of
Mr. J. c. Marscher. car accountant of the
road The excursionistS were met at.the
depot upon their arrival here by Mr. George
| K. Patterson, local passenger agent, and
carriages were placed at their disposal.
DRIVE THROUGH THE CITY.
At o'clock the party brealfasted at the
! Screven House, and at $50 carriages were
ordered by the management of the Savan-
| nah, Florida and Western for drive about
the city and to Bonaventure and Thunder
! bolt After inspecting the Central railroad
| Wharves the party was entertained on board
! the steamship City of Augusta. The Savan-
nah, Florida and Western wharves were
then visited and after that came the drive
| over the shell road TO BonaveDture Upon
| their return to the city every carriage was
| loaded with moss gathered from the historic
old oaks, whose stately trunks and moss
draped branches have been and are the ad-
miration of thousands of visitors The
Nn,Axv1. bod tla Iaf%x nj rNicl cnlr
drove through the principal streets, along
the Bay and out Bull street to the Park,
returning to the Screven House for dinner
at o'clock.
VISITED THE ARMORIEs.
After dinner some of the excursionists
visited the Guards arsenal and the Chatham
Artillery armory and saw the old Washing
ton guns, Another party, upon invitation
of Mr.. Dennis Murphy, visited the Hermit
age and others visited Forsyth Park. At
$3.50 carriages were again ordered TO take
the party to the Charleston depot, and at 4
o'clock they left by special train, placed at
their disposal by the Charleston and Savan-
nah railway, for the Earthquake City
They We're due there at o'clock last night
and were met by Car Accountants Lloyd, of
the Charleston and Savannah, and Rourke,
of the South Carolina roads. To-day they
will witness the mVeiling of the Calhoun
monument and will visit Fort Sumter, ard
tonight will leave for Augusta via the
| South Carolina railway. From Augusta
they will so to Atlanta, reaching there to-
| morrow morning. after a five days trip.
The Central railroad rendered the party a
| special train to Atlanta, and arrangements
were made by Mr.. Theo. Wells, Car Ac-
countant of the Central to take them back
| to the starting point of the excursion, but a
change of route necessitated the abandoning
| Of
excursionists by the Central people here.
THE FLORIDA PILGRIMAGE.
The "pilgrimagen through Florida was a
most interesting one, and the excuTsiOnists
We're splendidly entertained wherever they
stopped. Leaving Atlanta by the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia road on Thurs
day night, they reached Brunswick the next
morning, and were taken to Fernandina by
the Cumberland line of steamers At Fer
nandina they We're rendered a dinner by the
| citizens Leaving there by special train
over the Florida Railway and Navigation
line, in charge of Mr.. c. W. Maxwell, cal
accountant of the company, they reached
Jacksonville Saturday morning There they
were rendered an excursion to Pablo Beacl
by the Jacksonville and Atlantic road. Re
turning to jacksonville Saturday night, they
left by the DeBary Baya steamer City Of
| Jacksonville for Palatka.
| I
taken to st. Augustine They spent severa
hours in the Ancient City, visiting the vari
Gus points of interest, among others the
ruins of the old cathedral and the slave
market and Fort Marion, and returned tC
Jacksonville Sunday evening by the Jack
sonville, Tampa and Key West road, where
they were taken in charge by Mr.. Marschel
and started for Savannah
A FINE BODY or MEN.
The association is composed of as fine
body of railroad men as has ever visited the
South. Frank J. Hoyle, President of the
association is Southern man, representing
the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgis
system. He is an Albanian by birth, anc
began his railroad career as a telegraph
operator on the Western and Atlantic rail
road, at the little town Of Acworth, in 1871
His success and promotion were rapid, fol
within years time he was appointed chic
operator OF the Alabama and Chattanooga
railroad, now the Alabama Great
Southern, with headquarters at Biz
minSham, having his office il
the first house built in that city. During
thIse stirring times he served under no les,
than five different administrations in one
year. After quitting the railroad business
for Il time he returned to il in 1881 as bill
ing clerk at a small terminal station on the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia. His
vanced from assistant train dispatcher tC
the position of car accountant, and with one
clerk took charge of the car service depart
ment of the East Tennessee system.
AN EFFICIENT OFFICER.
He has been an earnest, jealous and hard
working member of the Car Accountants
Association since il was organized, and hi,
election to the presidency is Il recognition OF
his ability and fitness for the position. He
was elected Vice President year ago. The
other officers of the association who are with
the party are Mr.. Elbridge NJ Horton, OF
the Illinois Central railroad, Treasurer, and
| Mr.. H. II. Lyon, Of the Chicago and Alton
road, Secretary. Both are active. energetic
railroad men and efficient representatives OF
the association.
WHAT CAR ACCOUNTANT DOES.
The object of the Car Accountants Asso
| citation is 70 secure uniformity of reports
and actions in everything pertaining 10 the
| car service department. The duty OF Il cal
accountant is to keep a record of the move
ments OF che ears of his road. The work
has been greatly improved and systema.
tiled through the efforts Of the association
For example. Central railroad car loaded
say, with merchandise for ST. Paul, or Min
nenpolis, or Fargo, or even san Francisco
The car goes through to It's destina
ton, and by system OF reports the
Central railroad ear accountant keeps his
eyes upon IL ll the time. A report is made
him finn, i,eN.na from ,t, ,.,,.J